CONFEDERATE KENTUCKY TROOPS
6th Regiment, Kentucky Mounted Infantry
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6th Infantry Regiment was organized at Cave City, Kentucky, in November, 1861, and
included in Cofer's 1st Kentucky Infantry Battalion. Its members were raised in the counties of
Nelson, Spencer, Hardin, Franklin, Barren, Green, Allen, Anderson, Bullitt, and Simpson. It
became part of the Orphan Brigade or Louisville Legion. This regiment lost 108 killed and
wounded at Shiloh,
sustained 18 casualties at Baton
Rouge, then was active at Vicksburg. During the war it was
assigned to General Hanson's, Helm's, and J.H. Lewis' Brigade. It fought with distinction at Murfreesboro and Chickamauga, then saw action in the
Atlanta Campaign. In the
fall of 1864 the unit was mounted, and aided in the defense of Savannah and the campaign of the
Carolinas. It lost seventeen percent of the 269 engaged at Murfreesboro and 220 saw action at
Chickamauga. The unit totalled 263 men and 221 arms in December, 1863. The 6th surrendered
with the Army of Tennessee on April 26, 1865. The field officers were Colonels Martin H. Cofer
and Joseph H. Lewis, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Clarke, and Majors Thomas H. Hays and
George W. Maxson.
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